Strainer.



A. M. PIERSON.

STRAINER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 22, I915.

Pateniged July 25, 1916.

-INVENTOR 1 sliding.

ANNA. M. PIERSOiN', OF NEWARK, JERSEY.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed October 22, 1916. "se'ri'al'llo. 57,219.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known thatI, ANNA M. 'Pmnsoma citizenof the United States, and a resident of Newark, county of. Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Strainers-of which the following i's a specification.

This invention relates. to an improved strainer or screen and is made so that it is held securely in position on 'different sizes of utensi1s, 1eSting-0n the top edge of the utensils and being held byits handles against The invention and dispose 'thehandles so that the strainer can be used without the necessity of holding it, leaving both hands free to tilt a vessel, the contents of which are being poured into the strainer, and to use'aspoonfo'r agitating the material poured .into the strainer.

The invention is particularly adapted for use in straining food stuffs such as jellies, soups and similar materials that are'strained by eitherallowing them to lie in the'strainer or by stirringl them while they poured through the strainer.

Strainers thatrequire holdingdeprive the user of. the use of one hand or anything else, which is particularly annoying when pouring andst1rring are done at the same time.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated inzthe accompanying drawing, in WhiChrv Figure 1- is a top view of the strainer. Fig. 2 is a side view of the device shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. -3 is a top view, of a modi-' fied form of handle.

Any form of strainer or screen member can be used in this device, but it is customary in these kitchen utensils,v for'the purpose of making a stable article andone that provides a fairly firm surface for stirring, to form the screen of perforated metal or of wire mesh, the form shown being made of wire mesh as at 10, the screen member 10 having a rim '11- to whichthepart 10is secured 1n any manner. The rim 11 is usually turned over at its top edge as at 12 to stiffen the device so that it retains its shape, the form shown being round, althoughit will be evident that other forms can be used. To the rim 11 are attached suitable handles, the drawing showing two placed at opposite sides of the screening member, each handle consisting of a pair of corrugated strands 13 has for its object to form' are'being 'strainer and the edge of The which are -fastenedat their ends 14 to the rim 11, the strands 13 having spaced recesses a tthe bottom edge, and when wire strands are used the corrugations 15 form the recesses 16 which are provided in any number, these recesses .being adaptedto receive the top edges of utensils of different sizes. The strands-terminate into a loop 17 which can be used as a finger-piece supporting the strainer by hand. These strands 13 are substantially parallel, the form shown illustrating them as slightly converging toward the outer end of the handle,'these spaced wires providing supports that prevent the tilting of the" strainer and also prevent the sliding of the strainer in any direction, either trans- 'velsely to or in line with the handles. The handles are approximately arranged ra dion the screen or strainer vice, and are preferably arranged on the opposite sldes thereof, the handles having broken space between the outer edge of the the -receptacle on which the strainer rests, so that access can be had to. the material in the utensil. The recesses 16'are ofsubstantialdepth and provlde' for supportmg the strainer either in the center or near one side or one edge'of a utens11, as desired.

When the strainer curely held against movement and both hands of the person utilizing the strainer can'be employed, inpouring material into the strainer and stirring it at the same time or domg any other functions connected therewith that requirethe use, of both hands. strainer, by means of these handles,

part of the del their strands comparativelyclose together so as; to give a considerable free and unis in position it is secan be supported on one side of a utensil by arranging one of. there'cesses close up to the edge of the utensil, and a strainer onone recess more toward the end iof the. opposite handle on theother edge of the utensil, thereby g ving access to material underneath the strainer when this is desirable or necessary. In ,Fig. 3. l which is made of onepiece and is adapted to be .either permanently or removably secured on a strainer, this form consisting of the corrugated'handle strands. 18 which can terminate in any desired manner, being shown as forming finger loo s 19, two ofthe strands on opposite sides by a curved or looped portion 20 which'is illustrate a form of handle v eing connected in one piece withthe rest of the structure, and the other two strands 18 are connected by curved parts 21 the ends of these, as'at 22, forming the ends ofthe piece of wire of which the handle and supporting memberr are made. The split part 22 permits the device to be snapped over and around .a

suitable strainer, and in this way strainersof different mesh can be utilized with the same handle without providing each difierent meshstrainer with a handle of its own.

' -Wh e1ir t he form shown in Fig, 3 is used the head :12 restingonthe arts and 21 sup-;

ports the strainer so t at it does not pass down through the' handle part.

Having thus described m invention, I

porting rim handles secured to the rim,

1. A strainer comprising a screen, a sup-- on the screen, and radial *wire the handles bev ingformed of substantiall parallel strands bent so as to form vertical y disposed corru gations of substantial depth.

2; A strainer comprising a screen, radially arranged handles secured to the screen," each handle comprising anend loop to form a holding end, and two strands conrecesses of substantiahdepth top edges of utensils of difl necting the loop and the screen, the strands being corrugated alike to form downwardly opening recesses spaced apart and of sub stantial depth. 3. A strainer} comprising a perforated member,

substantially iii-line, thea handles being formed of spaced wires, the wires being secured. to the member and terminating in loops, the wire'sjineach handle being corrugated alike to form downwardly opening receive the 4. A strainer comprising en,;handles secured to the screen, the hali dlesfbeing substantially inline and projecting from opposite sides of the screen thefhandles each ha'vingtheir side edges formed to provide downwardly opening recesses of substantial depth and having the space between the edges on-the same handle open to receive the edge of a curved receptacle.

,In testimony that I claim the 'foregoing, I hereunto setmy'hand, this 20th day of October, 1915 V i a 4 ANNA M. PIERSON.

and radially. arranged'handles pro- 'jecting from-opposite sides vthereof, and 

